SMART

Defines whether a folder is SMART. When the option is selected, the folder has an extended set of folder definition parameters and can include Sub Folders. The jobs and Sub Folders in the SMART Folder can inherit scheduling definitions from the SMART Folder that contains them.

To define a regular folder, clear the check box and see Regular folder parameters.

Folder Type

Indicates whether the folder type is a regular folder, a SMART folder, or a Sub Folder.

Value: SMART

Folder Name

Defines the name of the folder. In the Properties pane, this parameter indicates the folder where the job belongs.

Description

Provides a description of the job in free text. A well written description can help you determine why the job was defined and how it fits into your business workflow.

Folder Library

Defines the name of the library that contains the job’s folder.

Only z/OS folders.

Control-M/Server

Defines the name of the Control-M/Server (or Control-M for z/OS) that processes the job.

Order Method

Defines the method for ordering the entity as one of the following:

• Automatic (Daily): When set to Automatic, at the same time each day (known as New Day time), each Control-M/Server runs a procedure called New Day. This procedure performs a number of tasks, including scheduling the day’s jobs, and running maintenance and cleanup utilities. The New Day procedures orders the folder or folder jobs.
• None (Manual Order): The folder is not automatically ordered.
• Specific User Daily: Identifier used to assign the folder to a specific User Daily job. The User Daily name is ordered at a specific time of the day. For load balancing purposes, the User Daily jobs are scheduled for different times, throughout the day, other than the New Day time.

User Daily name

Defines User Daily jobs whose sole purpose is to order jobs. Instead of directly scheduling production jobs, the New Day procedure can schedule User Daily jobs, and those User Daily jobs can schedule the production jobs. Set User Daily Name when Order Method is set to Specific User Daily.

Run as

Identifies the user name with the authorization to execute the job. This parameter is used by the Control-M security mechanism.

More

Defines an area of the Properties pane to click to define more parameters.

Variables

All variables are identified by the %% prefix. If %% is included in the value for a job processing parameter, Control‑M assumes that it is referring to a variable or function.

You can add a variable, as described in Adding a variable.

Additional Information

An area in the Properties pane with information about:

• Application
• Sub Application
• Created by (not z/OS folders)

Application

Provides a logical name for sorting groups of jobs. This parameter is used to supply a common descriptive name to a set of related job groups. The jobs do not necessarily have to run at the same time.

Sub Application

Indicates the name of the Sub Application where the job belongs logically. It is a sub-category of the Application parameter. For example, the Application is Finances, and the Sub Application is Payroll.

Created by

Indicates the Control‑M/EM user who defined the job.

(not z/OS folders)

Documentation

Defines a description related to the job, and is saved in a defined location. The Documentation area in the Properties pane includes information about where to find the Documentation. In a z/OS job, the Documentation is in a Doc Member located in a Doc Library. In a non-z/OS job, the Documentation depends on whether the type is File or URL. For a file, the description is located in a file located in a file path. For a URL, the Documentation is located in a URL address.

Type

Defines whether the documentation for an OS job is in a file or URL. See the following:

• URL: Defines whether the documentation for an OS job is in a file or URL. The format starts with "http://", "ftp://", or "file://".
• File: Specifies the file that contains the job script.

Doc Path

For a z/OS job, Doc Library defines the name of the library where the Documentation (description) is saved. For a non-z/OS job, Doc Path defines the name of the file path where the Documentation is saved.

Doc File

For a z/OS job, defines the name of the member where the job Documentation (description) is saved. For a non-z/OS job, the Doc File is the name of the file where the job Documentation is saved.

Priority

Determines the order of job processing by Control-M in the Active Jobs database.

Enforce Validations

Read-only. Indicates whether the folder's enforcement policy requires resolving of all validation errors or not.

Site Standard

Applies the defined Site Standard to the folder and all jobs contained in the folder. For more information, contact your Control-M Administrator.

If only one Site Standard exits, it is selected by default. If there are no Site Standards defined, it will be set to None.

Business Parameters

Defines one or more Business parameters, according to the Site Standard you have selected. For more information, contact your Control-M Administrator.

If the Site Standard field is set to None, there are no Business parameters displayed.